WEBVTT ETHNICITY?ARI: IT IS ACTUALLY WHAT HETHOUGHT THE ETHNICITY WAS.THIS IS THE DUMPSTER HE SET ONFIRE.THE LID MELTED FROM THE HEATUNDERNEATH IT.AGAIN, THE MOTIVE FOR THIS CRIMERIGHT FROM THE SUSPECT'S MOUTH-- NOTHING BUT PURE HATE.64-YEAR-OLD RICHARD LLOYD WASQUIET AS HE WAS LED OUT OF THESHERIFF'S OFFICE IN HANDCUFFS,BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY HE TALKEDPLENTY AS THEY WERE ARRESTINHIM, EXPLAINING WHY HE TRIED TOSET A PORT ST. LUCIE CONVENIENCESTORE ON FIRE.THIS IS SECURITY VIDEO FROM THESTORE.ABOUT 7:40 FRIDAY MORNING,INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT'S LLOYDWALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOTOF THE MET MART ON PRIMA VISTABOULEVARD.WHAT THE VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW ISLLOYD ROLLING A DUMPSTER IN%FRONT OF THE STORE AND SETTIIT ON FIRE.ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT,LLOYD TOLD DEPUTIES HE HOPED TOBURN THE BUILDING DOWN.HIS MOTIVE -- "TO RUN THE ARABSOUT OF OUR COUNTRY."THE ARAB LLOYD WAS REFERRING TOIS THE STORE MANAGER, SAMMPATEL.LLOYD SAYS HE WENT INTO THESTORE A FEW DAYS AGO AND SEEINGPATEL MADE HIM ANGRY.HE TOLD DEPUTIES BURNING THEAMERICA."BUT PATEL IS NOT ARAB, HE IS NOTMUSLIM.HE'S OF INDIAN DESCENT.PATEL DID NOT WANT TO TALK ONCAMERA, BUT WHEN I TOLD HIMLLOYD'S MOTIVE, HE PUT HIS HEADIN HIS HANDS AND TOLD ME YOF CERTAIN PEOPLE.THIS IS A MESSY SITUATION.THE GOOD NEWS IS NOBODY WASINJURED IN THIS FIRE.LLOYD IS FACING AN ARSON CHARGEAND IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL.

A Florida man was arrested Friday morning, accused of trying to set a convenience store on fire.
Police said 64-year-old Richard Lloyd, of Fort Pierce, told them he was targeting the manager, who he believed was Muslim.
The manager, Hemant Patel, is not Muslim. He is of Indian descent.
According to the police report, Lloyd was in the parking lot of the Met Mart in Port St. Lucie around 7:40 Friday morning.

A Florida man was arrested Friday morning, accused of trying to set a convenience store on fire.

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Police said 64-year-old Richard Lloyd, of Fort Pierce, told them he was targeting the manager, who he believed was Muslim.

The manager, Hemant Patel, is not Muslim. He is of Indian descent.

According to the police report, Lloyd was in the parking lot of the Met Mart in Port St. Lucie around 7:40 Friday morning.